In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good.
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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
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I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.
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I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.
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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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